Iris McMillan, MA

Iris McMillan

Undergraduate School
Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt (Austria)

Graduate School
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

 

 

Interests & Career Goals

I am passionate about inclusive and equitable whole-person care which has fostered a primary interest in pediatric psychology and a specialty interest in pediatric gender health. My ideal career would allow me to balance evidence-based treatment, assessment, and individually oriented advocacy in a multidisciplinary medical setting while also being actively involved in collaborative research to stimulate system-level changes.

Favorite Pastimes

I love being active, whether that be running, taking group fitness classes, hiking, or going for walks. Otherwise, you will most likely find me binge-watching the newest TV shows with my husband (and cat) or listening to investigative journalism podcasts!  

Why I Chose Duke

The Child-Pediatrics track at Duke provides the perfect mix of opportunities that allow me to further develop my skills as a culturally responsive pediatric psychologist. During the interview process, I could tell that supervisors are genuinely passionate about mentoring the next generation of clinical/pediatric psychologists and are very supportive of trainee’s short- and long-term training/career goals. As a scientist-practitioner, I also appreciate that the program provides opportunities for collaborative research during the internship year that allow trainees to function at the forefront of both, clinical care and research. Lastly, being proud to call North Carolina my chosen home, I was excited about the opportunity to join a nationally recognized medical center in its mission to provide excellent care to the diverse people of North Carolina, a population I envision to continue to serve in clinical practice and research.

Research Interests

Shaped by my clinical training in transdiagnostic and process-based CBT, part of my predoctoral research has focused on the role of transdiagnostic vulnerabilities for dating violence perpetration with the overall goal of identifying new prevention and intervention targets. My latest research, including my dissertation, combines my passion for both quantitative psychology and equity, and is aimed at improving dating violence prevention efforts for LGBTQ+ people.

Publications

*Denotes student mentee

  • McMillan, I. F., *Schroeder, G. E., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2023). Heterogeneity in college student’s technology-facilitated intimate partner violence perpetration occurring post break-up: A latent profile analysis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 0.  Online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605231171416
  • McMillan, I. F., *Schroeder, G. E., Mooney, J. T., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., (in press). Gender issues in family violence (P. Sturmey, Ed.). In Advances in Preventing and Treating Violence and Aggression (Vol. Violence in Families: Integrating Research and Practice). Springer.
  • McMillan, I. F., O'Conner, V., Richie, F., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2022). Look who's lurking: The role of uncertainty intolerance and emotion dysregulation on online surveillance and cyber psychological abuse. Partner Abuse, 13(1), 123-143. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/pa-2021-0030
  • McMillan, I. F., Armstrong, L. M., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2021). Transitioning to parenthood during the pandemic: COVID-19 related stressors and first-time expectant mothers’ mental health. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, 10(3), 179-189. https://doi.org/10.1037/cfp0000174
  • Foran, H. M., Fraude, I., Kubb, C., & Wamboldt, M. Z. (2020). Assessment of the caregiver-child relationship. In K. S. Wampler & McWey, L.M. (Eds.), Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy: Vol. 2, Systemic Family Therapy with Children and Adolescents Approaches with Children and Adolescents (pp. 35-54). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119438519.ch35

Poster Presentations

  • Mooney, J. T., & McMillan, I. F. (2023, May). Are you reading what I’m reading?: Intersectionality of race and gender is associated with differential item functioning of DSM-5 cannabis use disorder criteria. [Poster]. 2023 APS Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.
  • McMillan, I. F., & Mooney, J. T. (2023, March). What’s law got to do with it?: The role of policy in addressing racial disparities in pediatric end-stage renal disease transplant referrals. [Poster]. Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference (SPPAC), Chicago, IL.
  • *Schroeder, G. E., McMillan, I. F., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2022, November). The unexpected outcome of expecting: First time motherhood in the Covid-19 pandemic. [Poster]. 56th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York City, NY.
  • McMillan, I. F. & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2022, August). Sex differences in the acceptance of dating violence [Poster]. 27th San Diego International Summit on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma Across the Lifespan. Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma (IVAT), San Diego, CA.
  • Mooney, J. T., McMillan, I. F., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., & Webb, J. B. (2022, April). Pandemic Appraisal Measure (for) Pregnant/Expecting Residents of the United States (PAMPER-US): Measure development in two distinct samples [Poster]. Annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Baltimore, MD. 
  • Jules, B., McMillan, I. F., O’Connor, V., Richie, F., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2021, November) Need to be wanted and safe: Early maladaptive cognitions associated with cyber psychological abuse perpetration post break-up. [Poster] 55th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New Orleans, LA.
  • McMillan, I. F., Mooney, J., Siegal, R., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2021, September) Mind the (implementation) gap: A critical analysis of police department commitment to community-oriented policing, its implementation process, and outcomes [Poster]. Annual convention of the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology, Virtual Conference.
  • McMillan, I. F., Armstrong, L., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2020, November 19-22). First time pregnancy and COVID-19: Partner provided social support throughout pregnancy is critical for expectant mothers’ emotional health [Poster]. 54th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
  • McMillan, I. F., Montanaro, E., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2020, November 4-14). Family life after a natural disaster: Actor and partner effects of resilience on family hardiness [Poster]. 36th annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Atlanta, GA.
  • Richie, F., McMillan, I. F., O’Connor, V., *Celaj, D., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2020, November). Early maladaptive schemas uniquely predict unidirectional versus bidirectional unwanted pursuit behaviors via motivations to initiate contact with ex-partner [Poster]. Annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
  • O’Connor, V., Fraude, I., Richie, F., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2020, August). Intolerance of uncertainty and emotional dysregulation: Transdiagnostic precipitants of online surveillance and unwanted pursuit behaviors [Poster]. Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma Summit, San Diego, CA.
  • Fraude, I. & Montanaro, E. (2020, May 21-24). Maternal cumulative risk and the prospective relationship between parenting stress and depressive symptoms – Evidence for variability across early childhood [Poster]. APS Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, United States.
  • Fraude, I., Olderbak, S., Fiderer, F., Geiger, M., Wilhelm, O., and Foran, H. M. (2018, April) The validity of automated facial emotion coding in dyadic interactions [Poster]. Congress of the Austrian Psychological Association 2017, Linz (Austria).

Invited Talks

  • McMillan, I. F. (2022, May). Sexual and Gender Minority Issues in Medical Care. Talk presented at the Pediatric Pulmonary Monthly Division Meeting at Atrium Health Children’s Hospital, Charlotte, NC.